Controls Engineer, onsite in Columbus, Georgia - Full-time

Job Title: Controls Engineer, onsite in Columbus, Georgia - Full-time

Salary: $115K per year

Job Description:533643 /BRY

Skill Requirement:

• This position is for an experienced Controls Measurement Engineer to join a growing aerospace team with L&T Technology Services (LTTS). As an important part of the Manufacturing team at LTTS, you will provide critical value to our customers by helping ensure high-quality, accurate data is available to their Operational Excellence team to meet operational goals.
• This role will work with the LTTS team and our major aerospace customer to integrate industrial data systems and support smart factory initiatives. This role focuses on building reliable data pipelines and visualizations across complex production and inspection processes using Kepware and Ignition SCADA platforms.
• The successful candidate will be able to write, edit, and troubleshoot Kepware/Igntiion code and solve real-time problems independently. will have a diverse skill set and leverage capabilities to directly support digital transformation, real-time decision-making, and factory floor connectivity across critical aerospace components/assemblies, and maintain standard work documents. This is an onsite position, meaning much of this role will require working out of our customers' facilities, with some potential for work from home.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Write, edit and troubleshoot Kepware and Ignition to integrate PLC controllers to SCADA enterprise systems.
• Idea, Design, develop, and support industrial control systems leveraging Siemens (S7, TIA Portal) and Allen-Bradley (ControlLogix, CompactLogix) platforms
• Integrate production equipment with MES, enterprise, and IT/OT systems.
• Connect CNCs, CMMs, test rigs, and legacy manufacturing equipment.
• Resolve controls issues, improve reliability, and minimize downtime.
• Maintain system architecture, data mapping, change-control, cybersecurity, and quality documentation.
• Ensure all Ignition/Kepware deployments follow AS9100 and cybersecurity compliance standards (NIST 800-171, ISA/IEC 62443, etc.).
• Document system architecture, tag hierarchies, data mapping, and change management procedures.
• Troubleshoot, maintain, and continuously improve live systems supporting production-critical operations.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Working proficiency with demonstrated programming experience in Ignition / Kepware PLC programming, including ladder logic, structured text, and function block.
• Hands-on experience with Siemens and Allen-Bradley/Rockwell PLC, HMI, and SCADA platforms.
• Experience with Ignition, Kepware, Siemens, and Allen-Bradley/Rockwell platforms.
• Proficiency in PLC programming and industrial protocols such as OPC UA, Modbus, Profinet, or Ethernet/IP.
• Experience integrating controls with MES, ERP, cloud, CNC, or inspection systems.
• Ability to interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and P&IDs.
• Strong communication, teamwork, and independent problem-solving skills.

Additional skills:

• Design, develop, and support industrial control systems
• Kepware
• Ignition
• KepServer
• Siemens (S7, TIA Portal),
• Siemens PLCs (S7-1200/1500, TIA Portal, WinCC)
• Allen-Bradley (ControlLogix, CompactLogix) platforms
• with Allen-Bradley / Rockwell Automation platforms (Studio 5000 / RSLogix 5000
• ControlLogix / CompactLogix PLCs, FactoryTalk View (SE/ME))
• KepserverEX

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ignition certification or relevant implementation experience.
• Experience with MQTT, IIoT architectures, aerospace quality systems, or high-precision manufacturing.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Automation, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of programming experience with industrial control systems, including Siemens PLCs (S7-1200/1500, TIA Portal, WinCC), Allen-Bradley / Rockwell Automation platforms (Studio 5000, ControlLogix/CompactLogix, FactoryTalk View), and Kepware (KEPServerEX) configuration with OPC communications

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work in office and shop-floor environments and lift up to 25 pounds.
• Reports to the Site Lead.
• Up to 10% travel as needed.